Builtin min() does not support argument key

[akleemans]

I have the following code:

distances = {'a': 4, 'b': 1}
queue = ['a', 'b']
u = min(queue, key=distances.get)
queue.remove(u)
print(queue)

When run with Python 3.11.1, I get the expected result printed:

> python3 min_example.py
['a']

If I try to run it with Codon 0.16.2, I get the following:

> codon run min_example.py 
min_example.py:3:20-33: error: 'key' is an invalid keyword argument for min()

Is this expected? I assumed the key parameter would be supported for min().

[arshajii]

Thanks for the report -- yes we definitely should support that. We'll plan to have it in the next release!

[akleemans]

Awesome, thanks very much!

[akleemans]

By the way, this is also the case for max().
For example, for finding the most common letter in letters, this is a short way of writing it:
most_common = max(set(letters), key=letters.count)

Unfortunately this still throws an error in Codon 0.16.3:
error: 'key' is an invalid keyword argument for max()

[arshajii]

Hi @akleemans, I've created a PR for this here: #505 -- it'll be included in the next version that we plan to release in the next couple weeks!

[akleemans]

Awesome, appreciate it!